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April 1st, 2025 09:06

HDD password protected

I have been using my Dell Latitude E6420 for over six months. It started giving me problems last month, after booting it would jam after maybe 3 minutes, then I had to do a reboot that's when it would be working. Now it's telling me that the HDD is password protected and I have to put in the password, which I don't know.

My computer system number is 1D3B <Private data removed from public view. DELL-Admin>

And the hard drive number is 501WJ39YJ3Z-1D3B

I need a way to remove the HDD password without erasing my data.

Please help. 

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April 1st, 2025 10:27

You'll need a data recovery company's assistance.  If you value the data at more than the cost of a few hundred dollars, that's the only path forward.

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April 1st, 2025 10:30

@ejn63​ thank you for that insight.

I guess I have a hard choice 

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